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Phone 13
FORECAST FOR TODAY
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION 01TT OF BOHGBR, HUTCHINSON OOTTNTY, TMXAM
West Texas: Pair tonight and
Thursday. Colder tonight in south-
east portion, frost in southeast por-
tion, freezing in west and north por-
tions.
VOL. 3—NO. 82.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DAY LEASED WIRE
BORGER, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 192!).
FULL NEA SHRVICE
PRICE FIVE CENTS
MITCHELL IS APPOINTED
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Mayor Pace Leading In Movement For City Park For Borger
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PICKEn HIRED BY COMMISSIONERS
NEW CONTRACT
PROVIDES FOR
SALARY CUT
Compensation to Be 4Vz Cents
on Each One Hundred Dol-
lar Oil Valuation
INVITED BACK
New Court Issued Order Can-
celling Contract But Later
Invited Pickett Back
Wirtz Bill To Exclude
, Hoover Democrats From
Party Passes The Senate
AUSTIN, Feb. 27, tfl5)—-The sen- j ber of new ones. After Senator \V.
ate last night held its first after- ID. McFarlane of Graham, also had
supper session of the week, consid- iexpressed opposition Senator T. J.
ering in the main local bills anil I Holbrook of Galveston laid the bill
matters to which opposition was neg-lon the table subject to call.
ligible. The Patton bill asking that the
The Cousins bill which would ere-(state highway department take over
ate a school for seamen in some Tex-
as port was passed finally. The bill,
offered by Senator W. R. Cousins
of Beaumont, would appropriate
$75,000 annually to give maritime
training to Texas boys between the
ages of 16 and 20 years.
A new court of civil appeals was
Contract was let to the Thomas
Y. Pickett company of Dallas by
the Board of Hutchinson county
• onimissioners in session at Stinne i
veaterdav. to assist County Asses-1 allowed in the district of Senator
sor S. it. Lassater in making upj'°e M. Moore of Greenville, despite
the oil valuation of the county. The;,he opposition of several senators,
contract gives the work to Picket! The highlight of argument was
j supplied by Senator Tom Deberry of
IBogata in opposition to the Holbrook
berry criticized his colleagues fo
■ following up their platform pledges
] of fewer boards by creating a num-
LAND DONATED
BY WEATHERLY
INTERESTS
Workmen to Start Grading
and Beautification Will
Start Immediately
TO LANDSCAPE
Local Fight Fans Favor
Stribling To Win From
Boston Sailor Tonight
IS ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF
UNITED STATES
Landscape Artist to Be Em-
ployed and Playground and
Park Appartus Installed
the old San Antonio road from Pen-
dleton on the Sabine to Presidio was |
passed finally.
The senate also ratified the con
tract extending the lease of the Tex- i Plans are under way for the build-
as state railroad 18 years. The road, I ing of a city park for Borger, accord-
located betwen Rusk and Palestine, ] ing to information given out today
is leasde to the Southern Pacific 1 by M&yot Glenn Pace, who is pro-
lines. I moting the enterprise. Land has been j a
Two joint resolutions, one provid- | donated for the park, and work will
Young Stribling is favored by.that Striblig will win easily. I be-
Borger people to win over Jack I lieve Stribling is just the best heavy-
Sharkey in the heavyweight chain- j weight, and he will win at least by
pionship elimination boxing match j the close of the seventh round."
at Miami tonight, according to ex-1 Guy Coffee, manager Carpenter's
pressions obtained from representa-! store: "If I were betting my money
tivo people this morning. on the fight I would place it on
The majority of the persons in- j Sharkey every time. I believe the . _ ..
terviewed respect the Boston sailor's j Sailor will win in five rounds, for I I relieved James 3. Good
speed and craftiness, but feel that j am convinced that he is the best!
the southerner is the fastest man man."
With the Selection of Mitchell
It Is Said Hoover Soon to
Complete Cabinet
GOOD SLATED
Will
Fill Port Folio of Secretary
Of War
and the quickest thinker of the two. | Charley hayes, Santa Fe Barber]
However, Sharkey's backers are shop: "Stribling will win the match!
strong for him, and.believe it will be
a kayo in the first few rounds. Most
j of the Stribling men are expecting
ror the year 1020-30.
Under the terms ol' the new con , . .
, ... i bill regulating civil engineering. De
tract, the Pickett company will re-!. ..
reive four and one-half cents on
each $100 valuation instead of five j
rents, as provided for tender thf
.,!d contract, made by Hie old board j
of commissioners.
Pickett, who nas been employed j
in a similar capacity during the past
two years, had been employed for ^
this year at. the old rate, but the | .
new commissioners felt that the old! a new location for an oil test in j
hoard had assumed some authority Gray county has been announced by <
which belonged to the new, and j the Independent Oil and (las com-1
cancelled the old contract. pany of Borger.
However, it was understood that ; The test will be drilled in the j
the new board members invited j southwest corner of the northwest j
Pickett fo again enter into negotla-1 quarter of the northeast quarter of I
ing for a 120 day session of the
legislature, and the other placing
the county judge, attorney and sher-
iff on a salary instead of feehasls,
were engrossed.
Senators Walter C. Woodward of
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Independent To
Drill New Test
In Gray County
ENJOINRIENT OF
COPS MODIFIED
BY DIST. JUDGE
tlons with them, with the result that ! section 1 71!. block 3. 1. <£• (!. X. sur-
Smithers and Smith May Now
Act as Officers If Not j 1)V
.Paid By County
four
be started immediately for its con-
struction.
Five acres of land situated one
block west of the Baptist and Meth-
odist churches and midway between
the senior high school and the
Weatherly ward school have been
donated to the city by Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Weatherly of Panhandle, pro-
vided it is used for a city park.
The location of the proposed play-
ground will be convenient to the ma-
jority of the people of Borger. The
property joints the platted townsites
of both Borger and Isom, and is sit-
uated about half way between the j
j residence sections of the two town- ,
j sites. Its location with reference to !
i schools will make it popular for stu- j
j dent:'.
| Location for the park was donated
the Weatherlys because of their
interest in Borger and in its future
because he is the smartest boxer and |
the best thinker."
Max Cherry, director of athletics,
.Borger high school: "I hope Strib-
of the opm- j ]jnR wjnR ancj j Relieve he will, but j
I am not sure. Stribling may spring '
something that most people don't
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27,
(Al")—William D. Mitchell,
solicitor general of the Unit-
ed States, has accepted the post
of attorney general in the Hoov-
er cabinet.
the i
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 (API
i William D. Mitchell, solicitor gen-
decision for their hero.
Following are a few
ions voiced by local people on
eve of the big fight.
•j. C. Carroll, proprietor of the |
Tulsa cate. I belie\e Sharkey will, Evelvn Novak, secretary in cham ! ''f' p ' ' !' s" ?las ,J<J' "
win in less than four rounds and I ! , ... „ .... (Selected by Pi esident-elect Hoover to
haven't lost a bet in three years." . b,*r ol c°mmerce ottice: "Stribling t)e attorney general in his cabinet,
Mayor Glenn Pace: "I can see but will win from Sharkey by a knock-j and simultaneously with this devel
one possible outcome, and that is j out not later than the ninth round.' ; "l,ment today friends of William J.
Donovan said he woult*. not occupy
_ l . I any federal office after March 4.
Coolldges Packing ror Mr Donovan, who is assistant to
Move To Old Home the attorney general, conferred
! briefly with Mr. Hoover today and
was understood to have informed the
f his unwillingness
to accept the post of secretary of
HERALD FIGHT
PARTY AT REX
THIS EVENING
the new contract, signed by tin
commissioners, was adopted.
Under the terms of the new con-
tract, Pickett will be paid on the
first day of each month from Janu-
ary 1 to June 1, and will receive
the remainder on completion of the
valuation of all taxable oil proper-
ties for the year. The old contract
specified that the company should
be paid $1000 per month on each
first day. Pickett's compensation
during 1028 had been seven and
one-half cents on each $100.
Pickett further alleged that un-
der the old contract, the county
was indebted to him to the extent
of $2,000, but this claim was waiv-
ed and cancelled upon motion by
George Collins, seconded by J. R.
Kirk, and signed by all four com-
missioners, acting County Judge H.j1'1"* cxpiits .in
M. Hood.
vey on the C. W. Smith land.
This location is one mile and i
half south of the Southern Explora-
tion company's new well.
REPARATIONS
CONFERENCE
IN REAL WORK
Discussion of Definite Sums
Being Avoided in Order to
Maintain Harmony
PARIS Feb.
! Continuation of the temporary in j
junction preventing Claud Smitheni j
and Charley Smith from acting as j
j rers maintained by Hutchinson |
j County was passed on by District j
| deputy constables and traffic offi- I
'.fudge Newton P. Willis at Panhand-j
lie shortly before noon today, accord j
| ing to information received by the !
i Herald.
However, the injunction was mod- j
I ified in such a manner that Smith-
j ers and Smith can now act as traf- j
! fic officers if properly uniformed,
i or as deputy constables, provided
that, in either instance, they
(Continueud from page 3
DOOMED MAN IS
DENIED APPEAL
BY HIGH COURT
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27, (JP) ,
Although nearly a month has passed | fresi'len'"e ,er l
jsince President and Mrs. Coolidge
began preparing their possessions i
j for removal to Northampton, the j
1 packing process is notcomplete. It ;
Fight Extra Of Borger Daily, has, however, reached the odds and |
Herald To Appear When |fnds and also has been reduced to aj
All Returns Are In ifew of their most highly prized be-j
longings that had been saved for the j
Promptly at 8 o'clock this eve- last to be carried with them on Mon- j
ning, the Borger Daily Herald and day when they leave the natioal cap-!
the Rex theater will begin announce- j ttal for their old Massachusetts
ment of the returns from the Jack home.
Sharkey-Young Stribling heavy-'
weight fight, and will continue to j
give round-by-round and blow-by- j
blow reports of the battle as they j
j come in over the Associated Press j
wire directly from the ringside.
Returs o the main bout between
.Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling
AUSTIN, Feb. 27 (AP) Henry | wjjj begin coming in at 9 o'clock
Helms, given death in Eastland land w„, be immediately announced
The prelim-
i, , . , „ iinary bouts will be announced be-
not paid by the county. The injunc- lost his appeal to the court of crim- tween s and 9 o'clock
tion was continued until the April i inal appeals today. The verdict was i
I affirmed I Immediately following
it 11 CI Win UfcJ llllllltHl IttLUlJ
ded I county for his part in robbery of the !, roni the theater stage,
are Cisco National bank on December 23, u.m >lo a„
the close '
EACH FACTION
IN OIL CLASH
CLAIMS VOTES
Stewart and Rockefeller Clan
Each Believes Victor In
Dispute Certain
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HARRISON, N. J. Arthur J.
Kubler. 74. a postal clerk 20 years,
who always look pride in the accu-
ral > oi bis accounts, found them
$20 short. He wrote a worthless
check and a note to Ills wife asking
forgiveness. Then he killed himself.
Inspectors have found that lie was
21 cents over instead of $20 short.
i mure
(t I
particularly as to cash trans-1
FOOTPRINTS!
"-and departing leave behind
them, etc."
Customers in the Borger City
Jail may never leave their foot-
prints on the sands of lime, but
the majority of them leave their
marks in the world, even if they
arc only on the walls of the jail-
house.
Evidently there are plenty of
>eople in the. world who don't con-
sider it a disgrace to be in jail,
for it seems that the majority of
Ihe occupants of the local basttle
regard it altogether proper and
fitting tha they should leave their
names behind.
Every type of name, initials
and nicknames are to be found
vritten or carved on the jail walls,
in. every conceivable manner.
One of the most conspicuous is
the following sobriquet: "Dutch
and Ruby. Bdrger's lending jail-
birds."
A surprizing thing is that not
i single lewd, word is written on
he walls.
i A P) —The re pa re
now beginning toi
get down to the discussion of actual j Men'8 Bible ClaSS
Selects Committees
Owen D. Young, in presiding over •
tin full committee, lias avoided hav-j D.'. Roy G. Roberts was named
ing definite sums brought forward j chairman of a committee on commit-
by either the Germans or French j tees to select, membership commit-
members because the French figures1 lee? for the drive to be sponsored by
might have met defiance by the j tlu Men's Bible class at a meeting
Germans and the German figures by j oi the class held at tile Tulsa cafe
ihe French. Mr. Young, J. P. Mor- j today.
gan. and Thomas \V. Lament ex< r , other members oi the committee
ciaed all their influence in prevent-! selected were Rev. A. F. Johnson, II.
int, anything like ultimatums. I k. Caslleberry, and Phil Spidy.
Now that the reparations total has | This committee will meet in the
beep broken into three categories, office of Doctor Roberts at 5 o'clock
unconditional cash annuities, condi-1 this afternoon for the purpose of ac-
tional cash transfers and payments j lectin.*.- the various committees to
in end. the experts are freely (lis- j promote the drive. The committees
cussinj, actual figures although the!
ciphering a> vet is merely tentative. |
I):. H.ialmar Schavht, president of
the RelchSbank, who has one con j
tinuour purpose In mind, the proter
tion of German currency, has inti-j
mated that Germany ought not to be j
called upon foi cash transfers of
iron than 800,000,001) gold marks]
(approximately $100,000,000) or at]
the utmost 1,000,000,0(10 (approxi-!
mately $240,000,000 I.
named will lie submitted to the class
in the regular meeting Sunday morn-
inn.
Helms was indicted for robbery of |
A. Spears, and it. was alleged he ob-
tained $1 2,400. Spears was an officer
Oi' the bank. Two police officers were
killed during the robbery, and Helms
and Marshall Ratlit'f, now under
death and life imprisonment sen-
tences- in two cases brought agains:
him in connection with the robbery
to file a second motion for rehear-
ing by Harry J. Leahy of Mathis un-
der sentence of death for murder
were wounded.
The court refused an application
ol Dr. J. A. Ramsey, also of Mathis
Leahy is now in the death cell at
iiuntsville. His execution date has
been set for April.
Cases of Tim Ingram and B. A.
Ingram, Eastland county, each sen-
tenced to ten years for robbery of
I!. L. Allen, were affirmed. The in-
of the fight,
an extra edition of the
the
, NEW ORK, Feb. 27. (JP)—Colon-
Herald will appear on the streets,. p, Robm w stPWar, ,odav wus
giving the complete blow-by-blow re-1
i claiming support of the majority of
turns of the match. ! siockholders of the Standard Oil
The Herald is equipped with two|<,ompany of Indiana while the
automatic printer-telegraph machines
and both will be kept going while the:
re'urn'i from the fight are coming in. |
One report will be used for announc-'
ing the returns at the theater, and
the other will be given to a linotype; |
operator and placed in type as fast
as it is received. Thus the only thing
lecessary for getting out the extra j
following the close of the encounter, I
will be to lock the forms and go to
press.
Immediately following the receipt
of (he first report here, it will be
telephoned to the theater, and im-
mediately announced. An open wire
from the Herald office to the theater
dictment alleged that Allen was as- will be kept, in order to give the
saulted with firearms and $5:! taken quickest reports possible to theater
from his person. patrons.
TEXAS BANK IS ROBBED
EX-CON VIC
ARKKSTKH
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 27. (JP) Harold
i E. Fay, 20, who said he was an avin-
| tor, is held hero by police on charge
'of passing two worthless checks for
I $B0. Police said lie admitted he es-
caped from the Huntsvllle, Tex.,
prison last November 15 while set v-
i ing a five year term for robbery
from Houston. He gave aliases of
Frank Fay and Robinson.
CAMERON, Tex., Feb. UT (AP)
— Between S;5<M> and SUM) was
taken from the llurkbolts State
bank safe last niglit, according to
weid received here today by T. F.
Ilardy, president of (lie bank. No
Iran of the thieves has been
found.
The safe uiis opened with an
ai rily line tnrrh which was found
ti have been stolen from a shop
here. An attempt to open the vault
ol the bank failed.
T. F. Criswell, cashier of the
liauU, illscovi red the loss.
War Department Has Presidential Approval
Approved Plans For All Needed to Build
Construction Of Dam
WASHINGTON, Feh. 27, (/P)—The
war department has approved plans
of the Texas Gulf Sulphur company
for a dam across the San Bernard
river about four miles east of Bol-
pounding water for sulphur mining,
ing, Texas, for the purpose of im-
domestlc use. and other purposes, it
was learned here today.
i majority
Two State River Dams h< 1 lers
Rockefeller faction which seeks to
remove him from the chairmanship
of the company laid claims to a ma-
jority of the votes.
Before departing for Chicago af-
ter attending a meeting of the
board of directors of the National
iCty Bank. Colonel Stewart said
"The progress of the fight is un-
satisfactory. I have already receiv-
ed the support of a majority of the
stockholders—ill fact, a large ma-1
jority. Our total of votes is increas- j
ing each day.
er the wishes of a few investment
tsoekholders are to triumph against
"This fight is to determine wheth j
the most pronounced opposition of
the company's employes, who, after i
jail, make the company The em-'
! ployes and the company's consuming j
| public want the present manage-J
ment and its policies continued." .
j In reply to this, Thomas W Dc
1 bevoise, representing the Rockefel-
! ler interests, said :
"I can't understand what Colon-
el Stewart means when lie says lie
j has a majority unless he means a ■
of the number of stock-
war or the governor-generalship 01
the Philippines. He was said to have
told Mr. Hoover he considered him-
self suited only for certain federal
positions and that the secretaryship
of war was not among these.
With the selection of an attorney
general decided upon. Mr. Hoover
was said to be in a. position to com-
plete his cabinet within a short time.
Although Mr. Mitchell is a. democrat,
he was represented as having voted
for Charley Evans Hughes in 1916:
for president Coolidge andforMr.
Hoover.
The attorney generalship at one
time was expected to go to Donovan,
who was represented today as be-
ing annoyed by the opposition raised
against him for this post by certain
dry forces and others. He was said
to feel he was being looked upon
by these forces not as an individual
whose capacity for organization and
administration were to be taken into
account. Mr. Donovan intends re-
turning as soon as possible to San-
ta Fe. New Mexico, to wind up his
activities as chairman of the Boulder
Dam commission and as commission-
er on the Rio Grande commission.
On the 4th of March he will retire
to the practice of law and sever
his connections with the govern-
ment.
With the elimination of Donovan
for the war secretaryship, the name
of James M. Good of Iowa, was
brought forward as a possible choice.
Mf. Good was Mr. Hoover's western
campaign manager.
Mr. Mitchell was born in Winona,
Minn , 55 years ago. His father was
justice of the Minnesota supreme
court for twenty years. He began the
practice of law in St. Paul in 1901
(Continued on Page 3)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. (JP)
Presidential approval today was all
that was lacking to put into ef-
fect a house bill authorizing the
construction of a dnm or dams in
the Ne.ches river in Texas above
H ont. Senate approval was giv-
en the measure yesterday.
HACK TO M MORS
SAN ANTONIO, Feb. 27, (/r>
Frank Gibson, a catcher and last
year manager of the San Antonio
Bears was sold today to the New |
York Giants. Gibson, when displac-
ed as manager by BiUv Alexander,
requested to bo sent bark to the ma-
' jors.
TABLE LEGS!
NEW YORK. Feb. 27. (JPi Ta-
ble legs, umbrellas and canes wera
wielded in labor temple last night
b> rival factions of the workers
(communist) party at a meeting
in protest against the deportation
of Leon Trotzky from Russia.
The meeting finally was dis-
banded by police reserves. No ar-
rests were made and no one was
seriously hurt.
Trouble started shortly after
opening of meeting when about
thirty followers of the Stalin re-
gime tried to howl down speak-
ers. The Trotzky faction, at that
time numbering 150, accepted th"
challenge and in a melee that fol-
lowed men and women battled In
ill parts of the hall.
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Castleberry, H. E. Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 82, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 1929, newspaper, February 27, 1929; Borger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth209685/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hutchinson County Library, Borger Branch.